Pages

3.25.2009

war resister kim rivera granted emergency stay of deportation!

Hooray! A terrible thing will not happen tomorrow. Kim Rivera and her family will not be deported from Canada.

Kim was granted an emergency stay of removal. Federal Court Justice James Russell found, as lawyer Alyssa Manning argued, that the Pre-Removal Risk Assessment Officer who reviewed Kim's file did not take into account differential treatment being given to war resisters who speak out against the Iraq War.

I've just returned from a wonderful celebratory public meeting. I'll blog all about it tomorrow. Tonight I just wanted to share this great news.

Tonight we all breathe easier, knowing one more family is safe, at least for now. The fight continues. More tomorrow.

subscribe to wmtc:

follow by email:

wmtc on flickr:

my fibromyalgia info blog:

baseball (allan's blog):

You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing, there will be no result.Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.Margaret Mead

From each according to his ability, to each according to his need.Karl Marx

There is a tendency to think that what we see in the present moment will continue. We forget how often we have been astonished by the sudden crumbling of institutions, by extraordinary changes in people's thoughts, by unexpected eruptions of rebellion against tyrannies, by the quick collapse of systems of power that seemed invincible.Howard Zinn